La Crosse businesses first united nearly 150 years ago, in 1868, to be the voice of business. They formed what is now the La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce.
2016 Event Dates
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Providing the Region’s Strongest Voice for Business
Every second Monday at 7:00 a.m.
Advocacy remains one of Vicki Markussen Executive our core principles.
May 4-5, 2016
Director
The Chamber continues to be the region’s strongest connection between businesses, the community and government.
TBD October 2016
In 2015, we gained great momentum in taking our voice to new levels, making great strides in our local, state and national advocacy events.
2016 Advocacy
With your help, we can continue to grow our advocacy program and be an even stronger voice for La Crosse area businesses.
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608.784.4880 vicki@lacrossechamber.com www.lacrossechamber.com
A RE-ENERGIZED 2015 CRACKER BARREL: THE FORUM
• We introduced Cracker Barrel: Special Forums to educate on government issues that impact businesses (“Transportation” and “Overtime for Salaried Employees”) • We continued adding speakers on current topics impacting businesses and government to the Cracker Barrel: The Forum.
DC FLY-IN
• We gained efficiencies by bringing this in-house and were able to visit a record number of offices. • Advocated for issues that impact local businesses: sales tax collection for online businesses, exportimport bank reauthorization, reasonable EPA emission requirements and more.
OKTOBERFEST IN THE CAPITOL An expanded list of participating organizations helped take additional local issues to this large-scale event.
NEW FOR 2016 Full renaming of the event to The Forum to reflect our rebranding and re-energized format Additional “Special Forums” highlighting business-impacting government topics Ability to partner with the Chamber to bring our local issues to all levels — local, state and national By increasing your support of all of our advocacy efforts, you are helping the Chamber grow our advocacy base of support for future growth Planned giving: In years when the larger Oktoberfest in the Capitol occurs, we will transfer your sponsorship to that event, creating consistent, predictable giving
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES The Forum
$325
The Forum + Meals
$457
Premium Advocate
$1000
Premium Advocate + Forum Meals $1132
Included in the Sponsorship Levels The Forum ($325) includes your logo on: • The Forum online registration pages monthly • A banner displayed at all The Forums events including “Special Forums” The Forum + Meals ($457) includes your logo on: • The Forum online registration pages • A banner displayed at all The Forums events including “Special Forums” + All breakfasts for one individual at the monthly, morning Forum — i.e. prepaid for the year (12x) versus paying $12 each time you attend) — a $12 savings
Premium Advocate ($1000) includes your logo on: • The Forum online registration pages monthly • A banner displayed at all The Forums events • The issues paper we take to Oktoberfest in the Capitol • The issues paper we take to Washington DC each May • The advocacy pages of the Chamber website (revised in ‘16) + We transfer your sponsorship dollars to the joint-Oktoberfest that occurs every-other year. Premium Advocate + Forum Meals ($1132) includes your logo on: • The Forum online registration pages monthly • A banner displayed at all The Forums events i • The issues paper we take to Oktoberfest in the Capitol • The issues paper we take to Washington DC each May • The advocacy pages of the Chamber website (revised in ‘16) + We transfer your sponsorship dollars to the joint-Oktoberfest that occurs every-other year. + Includes all breakfasts for one individual at the monthly Forum (12x) — i..e prepaid for the year versus paying each time you attend